More than 75% of women experience genital candidiasis at least once in their lives. For many, it subsequently recurs, and 5% of patients develop its severe chronic form. Today, fluconazole for thrush gives the best results, helping women forget about it forever.
However, any medicine must be used under the supervision of a physician. Only he will diagnose and prescribe an effective treatment regimen. The fact is that vaginal inflammation caused by other pathogens, including STDs, also has symptoms similar to genital candidiasis. Sometimes a mixed infection occurs , that is, fungi combine with bacteria.
Therefore, if there are unpleasant symptoms, you should undergo an examination by a gynecologist and a comprehensive examination. The treatment regimen depends on the duration of the disease, its severity and the presence of concomitant infections.
Today, gynecologists in the treatment of thrush are increasingly prescribed fluconazole. The method of using this drug is very simple. In the initial, fresh episode, a single dose of the drug is prescribed in a dosage of 150 or 200 mg. Sometimes two capsules of the drug are used with a certain time interval.
With recurrent, long-lasting thrush, one dose is usually not enough, therefore, longer-term regimens are used. So, for example, 150 mg is taken 2 weeks every three days, then on average another six months once a month use fluconazole. How to apply and how much a doctor should decide individually for each patient.
Usually, systemic therapy is supplemented with local treatment. For this, various candles, vaginal tablets and creams are used. They are used from 5 to 10 days. In chronic form, the course is extended to two weeks.
During pregnancy, fluconazole for thrush can not be used. Although it occurs quite often during this period and requires compulsory treatment. When carrying a child, genital candidiasis is treated mainly locally, only Pimafucin is used from tablets.
Today, there are many drugs in which fluconazole is the active substance. Depending on the country of origin, prices differ several times. The cheapest way to use domestic drugs. So, fluconazole is an active substance in the following medicines:
- "Diflason";
- Flucostat;
- Diflucan
- "Mikosist";
- Futsis
- "Fluzac";
- Fluconazole;
- "Tsiskan";
- "Fungolon";
- "Funzol";
- Forkan
- Fluconorm;
- Fluconazole Hexal;
- Flucosan;
- Nofung
- Medaflucon.
With long-term thrush, treatment is supplemented with immune preparations. For example, Kipferon or Viferon candles . Vitamin therapy is also prescribed. It is advisable to reduce the amount of sweet in the diet and eliminate provocative factors. These include:
- lack of hygiene;
- lack of estrogen;
- stress
- synthetic and tight underwear and pants;
- tango panties;
- intestinal and vaginal dysbiosis;
- decreased immunity;
- hormonal contraceptives.
In men, fluconazole for thrush is also used. However, more often limited to local treatment with creams. Examination of a man is necessary if there are symptoms or constant relapses in the partner. Genital candidiasis does not belong to sexually transmitted diseases, but sexual intercourse with an infected person can provoke the disease.
Candida are normally present in the human body and cause inflammation only under certain conditions. Treatment is required if there are too many of them or symptoms appear:
- curdled discharge;
- pain during urination;
- burning and itching of the genitals;
- swelling and redness of the genital organs, white plaque on them;
- discomfort during sex.
So, fluconazole for thrush is very effective. However, it must be used only under the supervision of a physician. It is he who will make an accurate diagnosis and exclude more serious diseases in which the drug is not effective. Also, only a gynecologist can correctly select a treatment regimen that is suitable for a particular patient.